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1990 Lough Neagh ambush

1990 in Northern IrelandAmbushes in Northern IrelandConflicts in 1990Deaths by firearm in Northern IrelandFebruary 1990 events in the United Kingdom
Military actions and engagements during the Troubles (Northern Ireland)Provisional Irish Republican Army actionsThe Troubles in County ArmaghUse British English from October 2013

The 1990 Lough Neagh ambush was a gun attack carried out by the Provisional IRA on 10 November 1990 at Castor Bay, near Morrows Point, Lough Neagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland targeting members of the security forces involved in a waterfowl hunting trip with other two men at the time. An active service unit of the IRA's North Armagh Brigade shot dead a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Inspector, an RUC Reservist, a former Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier and one civilian. Some members of the wildfowling party struggled with their attackers, and one of the constables returned fire before being killed.

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